Ethnographic research for change and innovation |
Throughout my career, I have combined employment in university with research-based work for partners in the public and private sector. My assignments range from the field of migration and development to healthcare and sustainable energy. They include research-based expert advisory services, such as needs assessments, project and program evaluations, innovation through the facilitation of dialogues and trans-disciplinary collaboration. Between 2008 and 2014, I ran my own one-woman business as a consultant to the European Commission, intergovernmental and United Nations agencies, governmental institutions and international NGOs.
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Migrant humanitarianism in transit and host societies |
In recent research, I focus on humanitarian assistance for and by migrants and asylum seekers in transit and host societies. Based on fieldwork conducted myself in Italy and supervising others in Italy, Greece, Jordan, Lebanon and South Korea, this research contributes to understandings of migration governance, humanitarian aid, changing ethics of care, political activism and social movements.
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Migration, homeland development
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In this work I am concerned with the efforts of states and supra-governmental agencies to govern migration. Specifically, I look at policies and programs channeling migration towards development in countries of origin. I compare migrant experiences with policies and programs adopted in Europe and in Africa. I developed this work during academic appointments in Italy (University of Milan-Bicocca), the UK (London School of Economics and Goldsmiths college) and the Netherlands (ISS, Erasmus University), as well as several consultancy assignments.
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West African
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Largely dating back to my PhD work at the University of Milan-Bicocca (Italy) and at Cheikh Anta Diop University (Senegal), in this research I investigate the multiple identity attachments of Senegalese migrants to Italy and the repercussions of their transnational ties back home and abroad.
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Photo: Giulia Sinatti, Dakar (Senegal) 2019